UNDERAGE DRINKING LAWS

Research – General Underage Drinking Issues   The Prospective Association Between Sipping Alcohol by the Sixth Grade and Later Substance Use http://www.jsad.com/doi/full/10.15288/jsad.2015.76.212 Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76(2), 212-221 (2015)Researchers conducted a web-based study on alcohol initiation and progression and found that youth who sipped alcohol by sixth grade had significantly greater odds…

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Binge Drinking DUI and youth Enforcement Evaluation General Underage Drinking Issues Higher Education Marketing/Media Scope of Problem Spotlight – What’s Happening Underage Drinking and Health Consequences Underage Drinking Policies

OJJDP is supporting the States’s efforts to combat the underage drinking problem by funding the Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program. The scope of underage drinking is pervasive (link to extent facts) among United States youth. Drinking among adolescents leads to many social and economic costs (link to consequences facts), including alcohol-related traffic fatalities. The…

Research – Enforcement   Do Alcohol Compliance Checks Decrease Underage Sales at Neighboring Establishments? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3817047/ J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2013 Nov; 74(6): 852-858.Underage alcohol compliance checks conducted by law enforcement agencies can reduce the likelihood of illegal alcohol sales at checked alcohol establishments, and theory suggests that an alcohol establishment that is checked may warn…

The OJJDP Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Initiative supports cooperation between community organizations, enforcement agencies, youth, and other concerned citizens to change local ordinances and enforcement practices.   Youth In Action Push For Keg Reg. Minnesota’s Youth In Action (YIA) Team played an important role in identifying and addressing the need for keg registration in…